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Today's Topics:
1. Trump says he will seek to prosecute Google if he wins
(Stephen Loosley)
2. Re: Trump says he will seek to prosecute Google if he wins
(Antony Barry)
3. Total computing power in China grew 25% in the first half of
the year, (Stephen Loosley)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:00:41 +0930
From: Stephen Loosley <[email protected]>
To: "link" <[email protected]>
Subject: [LINK] Trump says he will seek to prosecute Google if he wins
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Trump says he will seek to prosecute Google if he wins
By Jasper Ward and Kanishka Singh September 28, 2024
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-seek-googles-prosecution-if-he-wins-election-2024-09-27/
WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is the
Republican presidential candidate, said on Friday he will seek the prosecution
of Google if he wins the Nov. 5 election, claiming that the company only
displays "bad stories" about him.
Trump, in his post on Truth Social, gave no evidence for his assertion about
Google.
"It has been determined that Google has illegally used a system of only
revealing and displaying bad stories about Donald J. Trump, some made up for
this purpose while, at the same time, only revealing good stories about"
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, Trump said.
"This is an illegal activity, and hopefully the Justice Department will
criminally prosecute them for this blatant interference of elections," Trump
said. "If not, and subject to the laws of our country, I will request their
prosecution, at the maximum levels, when I win the election, and become
president of the United States."
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Trump made a similar claim about Google in 2019, according to the Washington
Post. He alleged in a series of posts on Twitter, now known as X, that Google
favored negative news stories about him in the 2016 presidential election,
according to the Post. Google dismissed the claims at the time.
However, in recent weeks, some supporters of the former president have renewed
the allegations. In July, days after an attempted assassination of Trump,
billionaire Elon Musk, in a post on X, accused Google of having a search ban on
the former president.
The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need. Reporting
by Jasper Ward and Kanishka Singh Editing by Eric Beech. Our Standards: The
Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 18:14:08 +1000
From: Antony Barry <[email protected]>
To: Stephen Loosley <[email protected]>
Cc: link <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [LINK] Trump says he will seek to prosecute Google if he
wins
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"It has been determined that Google has illegally used a system of only
revealing and displaying bad stories about Donald J. Trump, some made up for
this purpose while, at the same time, only revealing good stories about"
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, Trump said.
I think Google will easily be able to prove that overwhelmingly stories about
Trump are bad!
Tony
On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 5:34?PM Stephen Loosley
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Trump says he will seek to prosecute Google if he wins
By Jasper Ward and Kanishka Singh September 28, 2024
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-seek-googles-prosecution-if-he-wins-election-2024-09-27/
WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is the
Republican presidential candidate, said on Friday he will seek the prosecution
of Google if he wins the Nov. 5 election, claiming that the company only
displays "bad stories" about him.
Trump, in his post on Truth Social, gave no evidence for his assertion about
Google.
"It has been determined that Google has illegally used a system of only
revealing and displaying bad stories about Donald J. Trump, some made up for
this purpose while, at the same time, only revealing good stories about"
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, Trump said.
"This is an illegal activity, and hopefully the Justice Department will
criminally prosecute them for this blatant interference of elections," Trump
said. "If not, and subject to the laws of our country, I will request their
prosecution, at the maximum levels, when I win the election, and become
president of the United States."
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Trump made a similar claim about Google in 2019, according to the Washington
Post. He alleged in a series of posts on Twitter, now known as X, that Google
favored negative news stories about him in the 2016 presidential election,
according to the Post. Google dismissed the claims at the time.
However, in recent weeks, some supporters of the former president have renewed
the allegations. In July, days after an attempted assassination of Trump,
billionaire Elon Musk, in a post on X, accused Google of having a search ban on
the former president.
The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need. Reporting
by Jasper Ward and Kanishka Singh Editing by Eric Beech. Our Standards: The
Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:55:11 +0930
From: Stephen Loosley <[email protected]>
To: "link" <[email protected]>
Subject: [LINK] Total computing power in China grew 25% in the first
half of the year,
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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{Chip bans? What chip bans?]
"China beefs up computing power by 25% as AI race drives demand"
The world?s second-largest economy is on track to meet a 2025 target set last
year but still trails the US in total computing muscle
[Photo caption: Chinas computing power grew 25 per cent year on year in the
first half of 2024. Image: Shutterstock]
By Coco Fengin 29 Sep 2024
https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3280420/china-beefs-computing-power-25-ai-race-drives-demand
Total computing power in China, a critical infrastructure element for
processing data and performing digital tasks, grew 25 per cent in the first
half of the year, driven by the needs of artificial intelligence (AI) and other
technologies.
As of June, computing capacity in the country reached 246 EFLOPS, or 246
quintillion floating-point operations per second, according to a report
published on Saturday at the annual China Computational Power Conference in
Zhengzhou, the capital of central Henan province.
One quintillion is 1 followed by 18 zeros and is equivalent to a billion
billions.
This represents a nearly 25 per cent growth from 197 EFLOPS a year before,
according to data from last year?s conference, held in Yinchuan of Ningxia Hui
autonomous region. If this pace continues, the world?s second-largest economy
is on track to meet a target set last year to achieve total computing power of
300 EFLOPS by 2025.
Among the overall resources, the growth of intelligent computing power used in
AI-related tasks surged 65 per cent, the 2024 report said, without revealing
the exact size.
China remains the second-strongest computing powerhouse after the United
States. The report, compiled by state-backed China Academy of Information and
Communications Technology (CAICT), showed that the US accounted for 32 per cent
of the world?s total computing power of 910 EFLOPS as of the end of last year,
higher than China?s 26 per cent. The report counts both government and
commercial facilities.
Although the report did not provide updated data on geographical breakdown,
Zhao Zhiguo, chief engineer at the Ministry of Information and Technology, said
at the event that China ?is among the world?s best?, according to state-backed
newspaper Science and Technology Daily.
[Photo caption: The US accounted for 32 per cent of the world?s total computing
power as of the end of last year, higher than China?s 26 per cent. Image:
Shutterstock]
He said that the accelerated pace of digitalisation and intelligent
transformation of various industries have created ?more urgent need? for
digital information infrastructure such as computing power facilities.
Zhao added that it is necessary to achieve greater breakthroughs in core
technology, including ?high-end chips, architecture design,
large-language-model algorithms and high-speed transmission protocols.?
CAICT director Yu Xiaohui said that the challenge for China?s computing
industry is that it?s still ?fragmented?, which makes it a challenge to
precisely match demand and supply.
To address regional imbalances in digital resources, Beijing in 2022 launched a
project called Eastern Data and Western Computing to seek a balance between the
more prosperous areas of eastern China and the energy-rich west. The plan
includes building 10 computing clusters across the country.
[Coco Feng is a Beijing-based tech reporter at the Post. She writes about
artificial intelligence, blockchain and cryptocurrency. She also tracks China's
regulations on the internet and technology sector. Previously, she worked for
the BBC and Caixin.]
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